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WEEKEND PEER REVIEW 142

Welcome to our weekend competition to compose a cryptic clue to be judged by your fellow contestants. You may enter as many clues as you like, and everyone is welcome, particularly new entrants. Feel free to explain your clue, if you think it will help, or ask another entrant to parse their clue.

However, please don't comment on the clues before voting opens.

Clues should be posted before noon (UK time) on Sunday, July 14th, when voting opens. Voting closes at 9pm (UK time) the same day.

This weekend's challenge is:

CALABASH (8)

Weekend rules: Each entrant has six votes to allocate across any of one to six clues (no fractional votes allowed). For example, the allocation might be 3/2/1 for the top three clues, and many other allocations are possible. In the event of a tie, the number of first place votes will be taken into consideration (if those are equal, 2nd place votes, etc).

Have fun!

Apologies, posting deadline should read:

Clues should be posted before noon (UK time) on Sunday, July 24th, when voting opens. Voting closes at 9pm (UK time) the same day.

Around the French party, a gourd? (8)

First research facility to invest in money tree (8)

LAB ‘A’ in CASH

Will call nearly unsettle Durante's Mrs.?

If you don't know Jimmy Durante this will make no sense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWN97q7xtDE

Welsh town has money for Spooner's tree (8)

Fruit found at a Majorcan beach party (8)

("Cala" is the prefix to many beachy coves in Majorca, and probably many other Spanish coves)


City airline accesses investment instrument (8)


("Calabash" is an African instrument fashioned from, er, a Calabash)

Lac sprayed on rattle to make another instrument (8)

North Carolina town has difficulty pursuing corrupt cabal (8)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabash,_North_Carolina